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Hannah Brockhaus

Hannah Brockhaus

Hannah Brockhaus is Catholic News Agency's senior Rome correspondent. She grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and has a degree in English from Truman State University in Missouri.

Rene Bruelhart. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

President of Vatican's Financial Watchdog Authority Ends Term

The Vatican announced Monday that René Brüelhart, president of the Vatican’s Financial Information Authority (AIF) has ended a five-year term...

Pope Francis hosts a pizza party for sick children in Vatican City on Dec. 17, 2017. Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Francis: Tech Companies Have a Responsibility to Protect Children

In a speech to the head of major global tech companies, Pope Francis said Thursday that protecting children from evils...

Pope Francis celebrates Mass at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran Nov. 9, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Urges Catholics to Meet the Poor and Speak to them with love

Go out to meet the poor, listen to them, and speak to them with the heart of Jesus, Pope Francis...

2019 Ratzinger Prize winners with Pope Francis Nov. 9, 2019. Credit: Vatican Media.

Theology in 'dialogue with cultures' renews humanity, Pope Francis says

When theology and philosophy engage with cultures in creative ways, they become a powerful tool for renewing humanity with the...

Austin and Catherine Mardon meet Pope Francis Nov. 6. Credit: Vatican Media.

Catholic couple brings the love of family to young people with mental illness

For Catholic couple Austin and Catherine Mardon, mental illness is personal.

St. Peter's Basilica in 1940. Credit: Vatican Media.

When Bombs Fell on the Vatican

It was a dark autumn night in Rome, which was suffering under the occupation of Nazi Germany and was the...

Catacombs of Priscilla. Credit: Vatican News.

Pope Francis Celebrates All Souls' Day Mass in Rome Catacombs

Pope Francis celebrated Mass Saturday for the souls of the dead in Rome’s Catacombs of Priscilla, saying the place of a...

Pope Francis May 15, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

The Saints Show that Real People can be Holy, Pope Francis Says

The saints were real people whose strength to face daily challenges came from the grace of Jesus Christ, showing that...

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square March 14, 2018. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Francis Prays for Stability in Iraq amid Deadly Protests

Pope Francis prayed Wednesday for Iraq, where 18 more people were killed and hundreds wounded Oct. 29 during political protests...

Representatives of the Abrahamic religions sign a declaration on end-of-life issues at the Vatican Oct. 28, 2019. Credit: Vatican Media

Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim leaders sign declaration against euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide

Leaders of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam presented a signed declaration to Pope Francis Monday expressing their total opposition to euthanasia...

The dome of St. Peter's Basilica. Credit: Luxerendering/Shutterstock.

Pope Francis Changes Name of Secret Archive to Vatican Apostolic Archive

Pope Francis declared Monday that the Vatican Secret Archive be changed to the title of Vatican Apostolic Archive, to avoid...

Pope Francis speaks in the Vatican's synod hall, Oct. 7, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope asks for focus on 'diagnosis' of Amazon synod report; warns against ‘elite Christians’ focusing on the ‘little things’

In his closing remarks for the Amazon synod Saturday, Pope Francis urged the media not to give undue attention to...

Delio Siticonatzi Camaiteri, a member of Peru's Ashaninka people, speaks at a Holy See press office briefing, Oct 24. 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Christ must take center place, Amazon synod participant says

An indigenous Peruvian who is participating in the Amazon synod said Thursday that if Catholics in the region are to...

Fr. Giacomoo Costa, S.J., communications secretary for the Amazon synod, speaks during a press briefing at the Holy See press office, Oct. 23, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Amazon Synod Final Report an 'instrument', Communications Official Says

As the Amazon synod nears a close, a communications official downplayed Wednesday the importance of the assembly’s final report, saying...

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Amazon Synod's Controversial Carved Figures Thrown into Tiber River

A video uploaded to YouTube on Oct. 21 shows two men taking several wooden figures of a nude pregnant woman...

The Apostolic Palace, where the headquarters of the Secretariat of State are. Credit: Andrea Gagliarducci / ACI Group

Vatican Documents Detail Suspicious Investments at Secretariat of State

A confidential report from the Vatican’s anti-corruption authority shows that the Secretariat of State has used about $725 million, most...

Pope Francis celebrates Mass for World Missionary Day Oct. 20, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

On World Mission Day, Pope Urges Catholics to Share Christ's Love with All

Jesus Christ desires that all people know him and his love, and every Catholic has the mission of sharing this...

The dome of St. Peter's Basilica. Credit: Luxerendering/Shutterstock.

Pope Francis Appoints New Head of Vatican Security

Pope Francis Tuesday appointed the second-in-command of Vatican security to head the City State's national police force, after the resignation...

A participant in the Vatican's Amazon synod is flanked by two members of the Swiss Guard. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

The Amazon Synod, by the Numbers

Here are a few facts about the Amazon synod, as told by the numbers.

Cardinal Robert Sarah. CNA file photo.

Cardinal Sarah: Ideological Push in Amazon Synod an 'insult to God'

The push by some Westerners to use the Vatican’s Amazon synod to advance their personal agendas is an insult to...